Hemingway Goes to War by Charles Whiting, First Edition (13 results)

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. An unread, unopened copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. bought then stored, super clean and fresh.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. feels like a never opened never read copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Lightly read with clean pages and illustrations. Tightly bound in burgundy boards with gilt titling. No inscriptions or markings. Unclipped D/J has very small amount of shelf wear to top edge, but no tears. Despatched same or next working day in protective packaging.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. 226pp plus section of black and white plate illustrations. In red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. (Boards strong, clean, sharp and square, tiny mark on lower text block edge). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (bright, sharp-edged, clean and fresh-looking). Dust jacket now protected in an archival-quality mylar sleeve which is not adhered to the volume or the jacket. Charles Whiting, second world war veteran and historian, Charles also wrote under the names Leo Kessler, Duncan Sterling, Ian Harding, John Kerrigan and others. Almost always writing on a war or military theme, whether fact or fiction, by the time of his death in 2007, Whiting was known as a phenomena of the publishing industry, with more than 350 titles to his (several) names, most associated with accurately researched and well-written war histories and novels with a war background drenched in sex and violence. He has become collectible, especially for novels and histories published under his own name and those of Ian Harding, Leo Kessler and John Kerrigan. We have many titles by the same author - please inquire for discounts if purchasing multiple titles.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. ISBN 1-85223-376-1. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good to Near Fine condition book in a Very Good to Near Fine condition. price-clipped dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Copy Two.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Ernest Hemingway in Europe, 1944-45 Published by The Crowood Press, Marlborough; 1990. 225pp. 8vo. First edition, first impression. Condition: Fine/Fine Bound in original burgundy cloth boards with title in gilt to the spine. The binding is square and tight and in clean condition, with no marks or damage to speak of, save a touch of bumping and fading to the edges. Inside, the pages are clean and bright and free from blemishes. The book is housed in its first issue dust jacket. The jacket is in excellent, bright, condition, with no signs of wear or damage save a hint of bumping to the spine ends.  In all, this is a lovely example of this biography on Hemingway. It was the first to examine, in detail, Hemingway's path through wartime Europe, including his participation in the D-Day landings, and his presence on the front line at the Battle of the Bulge. It chronicles his tangled personal life, his encounters with leading figures of the time, and the impact of his experience of war, both on Hemingway the writer and Hemingway the man. Above all, it seeks to separate fact from fiction, myth from reality, and to assess the contribution of this part of his life to the enduring legend of 'Papa' Hemingway.

8vo., First Edition, with plates; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Fine small octavo xii + 292pp., sources, index, Interesting account which looks at Hemingway's War correspondent activities in 1944-45 and seeks to separate the facts from the 'legend'.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. This book is the first to detail Ernest Hemingway's trail through wartime Europe, including his participation in the D-Day landings and his presence on the front line at the Battle of the Bulge; It also chronicles his tangled personal life and the impact his first-hand experience of war had on him both as a writers and as a man.